60NYT > Ruth W. Messingertopics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/ruth_w_messinger/index.html?inline=nyt-perNews about Ruth W. Messinger, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.Copyright 2014 The New York Times Companyen-usFri 09 Dec 2016 20:19:07 -0500http://static01.nyt.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gifNYThttp://www.nytimes.comThe Childhood Apartment in New Handshttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/nyregion/metropolitan-diary-the-childhood-apartment-in-new-hands.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssWhen Ruth W. Messinger and her sister sold their mother’s co-op, they stipulated that they get a look at it after it had been renovated.By BARBARA W. GOLD, M.DFri, 04 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/nyregion/metropolitan-diary-the-childhood-apartment-in-new-hands.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssMayoral Race With a Rarity: No Top Hopeful Who Is Jewishhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/nyregion/with-no-major-jewish-candidate-an-unusual-absence-in-the-nyc-mayors-race.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/nyregion/with-no-major-jewish-candidate-an-unusual-absence-in-the-nyc-mayors-race.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/11/26/nyregion/26jewish-web/26jewish-web-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>The prospect of no major Jewish candidate in 2013 reflects New York City’s shifting demographics and a splintered electorate.By SAM ROBERTSMon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/nyregion/with-no-major-jewish-candidate-an-unusual-absence-in-the-nyc-mayors-race.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssAgency’s Shtick Is Jewish Humor for a Good Causehttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/us/11beliefs.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssA video extolling the American Jewish World Service plays on stereotypes that may have been offensive in the past.By MARK OPPENHEIMERSat, 11 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/us/11beliefs.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssSenate Race That Fizzled Honed Skills for ’08http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/politics/28york.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/politics/28york.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2007/11/28/nyregion/28york75.ms.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>The 12 months in which Rudolph W. Giuliani and Hillary Rodham Clinton faced each other in a Senate race are as instructive now as they were riveting then.By ADAM NAGOURNEYWed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/politics/28york.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssRecalling A Non-Runoff That Ran Onhttp://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/nyregion/metrocampaigns/16nyc.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssRepresentative Anthony D. Weiner conceded the election to Fernando Ferrer even though it was theoretically possible for him to win a runoff.By CLYDE HABERMANFri, 16 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/nyregion/metrocampaigns/16nyc.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssConfusingly Close Primaries Are Not Unusual in New Yorkhttp://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/nyregion/metrocampaigns/14history.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssUncertainty is nothing new for New York primaries.By MICHAEL COOPERWed, 14 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/nyregion/metrocampaigns/14history.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssFields Counts On Women In Her Cornerhttp://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/28/nyregion/28fields.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssC. Virginia Fields has cited the potential lift her victory would give to women in politics and other fields as among her reasons for running.By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLDMon, 28 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/28/nyregion/28fields.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssMetro Matters; Where Votes Are the Coin Of the Realmhttp://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/23/nyregion/metro-matters-where-votes-are-the-coin-of-the-realm.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssNEW YORK owes the Brooklyn Democratic organization a debt of gratitude. Just look at what the public is learning from the growing investigation into the organization's operations. Among other things -- that politics has gone topsy-turvy. Instead of...By JOYCE PURNICKMon, 23 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/23/nyregion/metro-matters-where-votes-are-the-coin-of-the-realm.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssFOLLOWING UPhttp://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/nyregion/following-up.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssA 1997 Mayoral Hopeful Thinks Globally Now She could not have the city as her stage, but she does have the world as her focus. Four years ago, in New York City's previous mayoral election, Ruth W. Messinger not only decisively lost her bid to...By Joseph P. FriedSun, 19 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/19/nyregion/following-up.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssTALKING POLITICS: Bushwick and Williamsburg; In a Poor Hispanic District, Housing Is Voters' Priorityhttp://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/09/nyregion/talking-politics-bushwick-williamsburg-poor-hispanic-district-housing-voters.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssIn just under a decade, Rafael and Milagros Hernández have found in New York City many of the everyday comforts that eluded them back home in the Dominican Republic: clean water, reliable electricity, steady jobs and, in the last few years, safer...By MIRTA OJITOThu, 09 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/09/nyregion/talking-politics-bushwick-williamsburg-poor-hispanic-district-housing-voters.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss